A cherry dining room
table to seat 4-6 people. This was designed by my friend’s mom
speifically for her dining room.
A mahogany end table
with some quilted bigleaf maple veneered onto the front and top. The
mahogany was salvaged from an old church pew that was being thrown
away.
A pair of black walnut
crotchwood end tables, with big leaf maple base.
Another shot of the
pair of black walnut crotchwood end tables, with big leaf maple
base.
A slab cherry coffee
table. This slab came from a very old tree that died and fell. There was
a lot of rot and other damage that had to be accounted for. The
butterfly joints in the surface are to prevent cracks from
spreading.
A 10 person cherry
dining table with removable leaves on each end.
Another shot of the
cherry dining table.
A coffee table using
fumed white oak. This is a traditional process of darkening white oak
wood using ammonia. This process oxidizes the heartwood, which darkens
it and creates more of an ‘antique’ look. It also is a very even stain
that penetrates deeper than a modern brushed on stain.
A live edge queen
bedframe using figured bigleaf maple wood.
Another photo of the
live edge queen bedframe using figured bigleaf maple wood.
A live edge queen
bedframe using elm wood.
Another photo of the
live edge queen bedframe using elm wood.
A few
framed prints using golden chain tree wood. This is a really unusual
species of small ornamental tree that produces incredible hard and
beautiful wood.
A small
endtable made with figured big leaf maple, and mortise and tenon
joints.
In this photo I’m
using a traditional hand plane to smooth the surface of a board. before
the advent of sandpaper, people used a variety of planes to help smooth
a wood surface. Finishing furniture like this is more fun than using
sandpaper, and can even be faster depending on what type of wood you’re
using.